keywords: Violence Against Women
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 06 January 2011
7 Comments
The trial and execution of Soraya M are portrayed in agonising, visceral detail. The stoning of 'adulterous' women under the auspices of Shariah law is shown to be less about violence inherent to Islam than the egos of brutal and bullying men.
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INTERNATIONAL
- David Holdcroft
- 22 December 2010
2 Comments
There is growing awareness that the leniency shown to people fleeing Zimbabwe in recent years has put pressure on the South African community at the same time as letting Mugabe's government 'off the hook'. It seems that political imperatives may have replaced humanitarian motives.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 19 August 2010
7 Comments
'Anyone watching this saying it in some way supports
or encourages violence is watching the film in a very perverse way.' UK filmmaker Michael Winterbottom has a point, but one must wonder what scenes of brutal
violence against women contribute to the betterment of the public
imagination.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 12 August 2010
1 Comment
Aaron initially rationalises his sexuality as
a test from God, a test that priveleges him, as it gives him an
opportunity to prove his resilience. Ultimately his affair with a younger man is rather more serious than
simply a rebellion against an oppressive ultra-orthodox society.
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AUSTRALIA
Last week CEOs across Australia 'slept out' to raise awareness and funds for homelessness. The kindness expressed through such charity makes us a richer nation. But charity is no substitute for the justice needed to prevent homelessness.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
The trial and execution of Soraya M are portrayed in agonising, visceral detail. The stoning of 'adulterous' women under the auspices of
Shariah law is shown to be less
about violence inherent to Islam than the egos of brutal and bullying men.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Ellena Savage
- 26 May 2010
6 Comments
Some 5000 women have been killed in Juarez since the North American Free Trade Agreement was signed in 1994. These women are not 'essential victims'; we do them a favour if we realise their victimhood lies in their abuse, not as a
quality they possess for being female and working-class.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Jasmine-Kim Westendorf
- 22 March 2010
14 Comments
Some say that not only is The Female Enuch of little relevance today: it never was relevant. Such arguments are often based more on attacks on Greer personally, and
feminism generally, than considered critiques of the value of the
feminist agenda set out in the book.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 12 November 2009
4 Comments
Hillary Clinton worked hard on a three day charm offensive encouraging Pakistanis to engage in a new trusting relationship with the US. But Pakistanis cannot trust
themselves at the moment, let alone the world superpower which has
funded Taliban militants.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Roanna Gonsalves
- 23 June 2009
36 Comments
Vincent and I were both international students
from Bombay. He had lived here for a year while I had only arrived
three months ago. We worked in the same Indian restaurant. The night of his attack, Vincent sounded upbeat on the train.
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INTERNATIONAL
In Melbourne, 2000 Indian students gather to protest a lack of Government response to a spate of violent attacks. I am
with them because I am ashamed that a white Christian woman is safer
in the military capital of Rawalpindi than these students are on a
train in Melbourne.
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AUSTRALIA
- Sarah Kanowski
- 02 June 2009
7 Comments
Sex scandals can make celebrities out of the most unlikely figures. But just how similar is the case of the Oxford poetry professorship candidate accused of sexually harrassing his students, and Australian Rugby League's group sex scandal?
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